makeshift shelter
Temporary protective cover
A makeshift shelter is a temporary structure improvised from whatever materials are available, built to provide basic protection from weather or danger.
Unlike permanent buildings or even proper tents, makeshift shelters are assembled quickly out of necessity rather than design—using tarps, branches, cardboard, or debris.
They constructed a makeshift shelter from fallen limbs and plastic sheeting.
The term appears frequently in contexts of homelessness, disaster response, and wilderness survival.
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- tarpWaterproof protective sheeting
- lean-toSimple sloped shelter
- bivouacTemporary military encampment
- pine boughsLimbs from cone-bearing trees
refuge · shanty · hobo · sleeping rough · cardboard · trash bags · branches · scrap wood · emergency · disaster relief · emergency blanket · survival · camp · rough · cobbled · improvised · temporary · crude
- emergency shelterstemporary housing, emergency housing, emergency beds, emergency bed, warming center
- slumsslum, slums, shanty, shanties, shack
- worker housinglabor camp, crew quarters, company town, company housing, mining camp
makeshift shelterbrick house
Building of stacked blocks
permanent residence · load-bearing structure · permanent home · mansion · castle
makeshift shelterplanned development
Predesigned residential or commercial area
public housing · social housing · government housing · legal domicile
makeshift shelterluxury home
Upscale, expensive residence
estate · manor · villa · stately home · mansion
make, makes, making, maker, makers, remake, remaking, shift, shifts